Ahlstrom

As a process engineering co-op at the Kaukauna mill, I normally arrived to work around 7am and immediately checked my email before going to the daily manufacturing meeting. The mill was split into two sections- the pulp mill daily meeting took place at 7:30am and the paper mill meeting took place...

Going into my process engineering co-op role at Expera, I had taken a introductory process synthesis class as well as a thermodynamics course. These courses helped me understand how turbines and boilers worked. I also used some statistics in my QC data analysis projects. I would say I utilized my...

The people overall are great to work with and very passionate about the paper industry and their work. Apart from the DePere mill, hourly workers are a part of a union which provides an extra layer of bureaucracy and challenges to work through as an engineer. Also, the mill is very old and quite ...

You are expected to work 40 hours a week, but can work overtime if you are busy enough. You are not expected to work over 40 hours a week as a co-op student (as compared to a full-time employee where you are expected to work a lot more) so you have plenty of time for other things outside of work.

Expera's products are designed to perform and protect and are not subject to electronic substitution. While some companies in the paper industry are struggling financially, Expera continues to focus on products that are not subject to electronic substitution (i.e. subway sub wrappers), making the...